Generation X
noun /ˌdʒenəreɪʃn ˈeks/
/ˌdʒenəreɪʃn ˈeks/
(also also informal Gen X)
[uncountable]- the group of people who were born between the early 1960s and the middle of the 1970s, who seem to lack a sense of direction in life and to feel that they have no part to play in societyCultureThe term was made popular by a book by Douglas Coupland Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991).The attitudes of members of Generation X are seen in popular culture in people such as Kurt Cobain and the films of Quentin Tarantino.compare Generation YWord Origin1950s: in recent use popularized by the author Douglas Coupland in his novel Generation X (1991).